Driver ranking
Sustained greatness is the area of ELO above the contemporary field median, with retirement gaps cut.
| # | Driver | Peak ELO | Greatness score | Events |
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Build your comparison
Search any driver, remove the field noise, and switch between championship race numbers and named Grand Prix events.
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Use the driver index to choose one or more names, then press “Plot comparison.”
Hover: driver, event, index position and model components
Retirement and multi-season return gaps are shown as breaks.
Peak and sustained excellence
Sort by the greatest single moment or by accumulated strength across an active career.
Car ranking
Sustained dominance is the accumulated expected-win area across every Grand Prix entered by that model.
| # | Car | Peak xW | Dominance score | Events |
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The shape of greatness
These records use the complete supplied history and ranking files, regardless of which drivers are currently plotted. This page does not invoke or alter a rating model.
How the publishable records are defined
Current driver indexThe post-event ELO rank among drivers who participated in that Grand Prix. It is recalculated at every event.
Career curve areaThe race-by-race integral of ELO above or below that event's field median. Multi-season retirement gaps are cut, not bridged. Drivers need 25 events.
Lowest-rating recordsCareer and final ELO come from the supplied ranking. The single-race low is the minimum point visible in the full history for drivers with at least five starts.
Best carThe highest season-average expected-car-win value in the selected release for a model with at least four events. It measures model expectation, not championship points.
Sustained greatnessThe signed area of driver ELO above or below each event’s field median. Drivers need 25 events and retirement gaps are not bridged.
Sustained dominanceThe sum of a car model’s expected-win probability across entered events, expressed as xW points. Ambiguous historical models remain season-scoped.
No. 1 chronologyAt each Grand Prix, the highest post-race retrospective ELO among participating drivers is the leader. Adjacent events led by the same driver form one reign.
The line of succession
Every uninterrupted spell leading the post-race retrospective ELO. Drivers return whenever they reclaim the top position.
Became No. 1
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